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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11394
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14339
13 Actual Demand 11112
14 Aggregate Planning 12041
15 Air Cargo 9970
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6558
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34718
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15279
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19079
20 Assembly Line 22054
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22843
22 Average Speed of Answer 26480
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22930
24 Batch Production 38038
25 Bill Discounting 14359
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11068
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7051
28 Blanket Release 9908
29 Bonded Warehouse 9981
30 Booking Number 13639
31 Bottleneck 9388
32 Buffer Stock 58859
33 Build to Stock 12841
34 Bullwhip Effect 9455
35 Business Logistics 25422
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12465
37 Capacity Management 40123
38 Capacity Utilization 13961
39 Capital Intensive 8279
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8592
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12010
42 Certified Supplier 8901
43 Channel Effectiveness 8860
44 Co-Destiny 9186
45 Co-managed Inventory 12358
46 Co-Packers 11672
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6767
48 Computer-Based Training 7610
49 Consular Invoice 19575
50 Container Depot 10519
51 Container Freight Station 10213
52 Continuous Replenishment 19362
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11969
54 Contract Carrier 7274
55 Contract of Affreightment 11320
56 Control Charts 7882
57 Cost Flow 10180
58 Courier Service 15092
59 CPFR 8130
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11687
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43865
62 Date Code 18056
63 Days of Supply 19692
64 Dead on Arrival 9111
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7219
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8004
67 Detective Control 8819
68 Devanning 14126
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10762
70 Dispatching 24206
71 Distributed Inventory 8275
72 Distribution Channel Management 34479
73 Distribution Metrics 8964
74 Distribution Planning 24078
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15075
76 Double Marginalization 52474
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22172
78 Dual 5376
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20484
80 Echelon Inventory 26037
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38145
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49376
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7530
84 Efficient Frontier 25286
85 Engineer-to-Order 31564
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16249
87 Erlang B Formula 9253
88 ETD 8239
89 Ex Works 7770
90 Exception Rate 13349
91 Exponential smoothing 9750
92 External Growth 9963
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9341
94 Field Services 7678
95 Field Warehouse 9940
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8645
97 Fishbone Diagram 14504
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26832
99 Flow Through Distribution 12205
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8075
101 FOB Destination 12917
102 Forward buying 29930
103 Freight Charge 10237
104 Freight Consolidation 7448
105 Gantt Chart 8218
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11616
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29413
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12578
109 Hub 23275
110 Idle Time 7982
 
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